Los Escullos is a village in the municipality of
Níjar,
province of Almería
Almería (, also , ) is a province of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Granada, Murcia, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is the homonymous city of Almería.
Almería has an area of . With 701, ...
,
Spain. It is located inside Cabo de Gata Natural Park, Níjar. In the surroundings of the town we have located some sights such as "La playa del Arco" or "La cala del Embarcadero". In the year 2008 the town had 62 inhabitants.
Castle of Saint Felipe
During the kingdom of
Carlos III of Spain for the defense of the littoral, this fortress was built during the year 1764 with common halls, chapel and headquarters surrounding a courtyard. It cost 201.000
real of vellón. This castle was disarmed by the French army during the
Spanish Independence War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the war, military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom against the invading and occupying ...
. Halfway into the 19th century it was occupied by the special forces in charge of the surveillance of the seacoast. During the 20th century it was abandoned and repaired between 1990-1991.
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Cinema
In this place were filmed scenes of the films: ''
Les Dalton'', ''
Never Say Never Again
''Never Say Never Again'' is a 1983 spy film directed by Irvin Kershner. The film is based on the 1961 James Bond novel '' Thunderball'' by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, and Flemi ...
'' and ''The Coyote''.
See also
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Níjar
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Natural park of the Cape of Cat-Níjar
References
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Populated places in the Province of Almería
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park